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What’s New in the Sense 6 update for One M7

Will do a quick little list now, and add to it if I’ve missed anything.

And, as always

This is a list for regular unlocked EMEA (possible the same as APAC as well) version of the phone. A carrier/network version will/might be different.

What HTC says

System and Power improvements

HTC Sense 6 update

Color coded themes for easy navigation

Personalized font style

Addition of new Extreme Power Saving Mode

Add a button to clear all recent apps

Imaging experience improvements

New interface for Gallery and Camera

Add Image Match to find photos faster and easier

Support POI (Point Of Interest ) in Map view

Blinkfeed improvements

Smooth, continuous scrolling

New interface to intuitively add new content

Enhanced sidebar for easier navigation

Nearby restaurant recommendations

HTC Sense TV improvements

Check sports scores, stats and social media buzz in real-time

Redesigned interface for better user experience

Others

Enhanced music app for more visually stunning themes

Add schedule function to specific time and event in Do Not Disturb mode

Improved Mail, Message, Calendar, Phone apps

Droider finds

Generic

Wifi icon looks different

Widgets redesigned to match the new look

Lock screen reworked, you can swipe in 3 directions to get to “just unlock”, “unlock to regular home screen” or “unlock to blinkfeed”. Swiping up starting over home button unlocks directly to Google Now.

Auto Answer, just put phone up to your ear to answer. Actually works pretty well. Feels a bit odd though. You disable it under Settings > Call > Auto answer calls if you don’t want it

HTC Guide app, whichs helps you troubleshoot the phone and can help you to contact support etc. I liked it. Very clean look of it as well.

HTC Power to give app is now default installed.

The Zoe app isn’t live yet, so I will get back on that.

Double tap on active lock screen to turn off the display

Be aware of

Enable lock screen widgets under Settings > Security is OFF by default, so Enable it if you want to use lock screen widgets.

Panorama in camera is STILL there, things have just moved around.

Personalize

Lock screen wallpaper, you can now set if you want your lock screen to use the same wallpaper as home screen or a custom one.

Theme, you can select 4 different themes that gives you a selection of colors. No customization on the themes yet. If you don’t like colors there’s a black/white (dark) theme.

Ringtones are new and different, since it’s a new main version of Sense. If you’ve used custom ringtones/etc then those will of course stay as they are. Will do a post on just how you get back the ringtones you’re used to from previous sense versions.

Home screen, gives you a simple way of selecting the default launcher if you have more than just HTC Blinkfeed installed.

Security

Screen lock, you can now set it to “None”. Which is a very welcomed change.

Setting to Enable lock screen widget is there, but by default OFF.

Display

Font style, you can now choose a font style. There’s 3 there, and more you can download. Will take a closer look at this later.

What you don’t get from M8

Since they don’t share the same hardware platform, there’s of course things from Sense 6 in M8 that you will not see in the Sense 6 update for M7.

Ufocus and any other hardware dependent feature, 360 panorama could be this as well. Since it’s not on the M7. You can use Google Camera if you want such a feature on your M7.

Motion Launch. Could be because M8 got more sensors than M7 and that it uses s801 instead of s600 in M7.

Boomsound, you have Beats Audio in M7 instead.

I’m sure I’ve missed stuff now

That I will add the second that I find it.

What I think about it

It’s a VERY good update. The phone feels quick, it feels smooth. The extreme power saver is BRILLIANT. It makes M7 almost to feel like a new phone. It makes the other phones released at the same time to look old and outdated. Again.